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The best reply ever to a webinar confirmation 26 Apr 2013 | 03:29 am
This absolutely has to be the best reply to a webinar confirmation I have ever gotten, even if it wasn't really meant for me. Last night I was checking my work email, and saw that two messages had po...
Business owner freaks out over bike lanes 22 Mar 2013 | 02:49 am
Yes, it's been awhile since I posted. But I have a whole folder of thoughts marked "Save for Blog," so maybe I'll get some of them out. Today's topic is the freak out that the Northside Business Asso...
Thanks for clearing your sidewalk! 22 Dec 2012 | 08:32 am
First, thanks to all who promptly cleared their sidewalks. I know how hard it can be, as my back will attest after going through 3 rounds of manual snow/ice removal in the last 24 hours, including rem...
Convention cities worried about traffic. Umm.. transit? 21 Aug 2012 | 06:43 am
Here's an article about worried people are about the traffic snarls and delays getting to work that will be caused by the Democratic and Republican conventions in Charlotte, NC and Tampa, FL. They do ...
Transportation articles roundup - not just bikes 18 Aug 2012 | 06:06 am
More articles with a few comments, OK, sometimes quite a bit of commentary. The Atlantic Cities ran an article titled, Why Cyclists Run Red Lights. I'm not entirely sure the research conclusions for ...
To the guy in the white Lexus hybrid SUV 5 Aug 2012 | 03:38 am
Scene: Today, Saturday, August 4, 2012, approx 11:15 am. Westside Farmers Market (DOT parking lot). I had parked next to the above mentioned white Lexus hybrid SUV. When I parked, I noticed that the ...
Bicycle news stories round-up - Late July 2012 1 Aug 2012 | 06:35 am
I haven't been blogging much, but I've been writing a lot at work. Instead of something profound (as if my stuff is ever "profound"...), maybe I can just share a few things I run across. I'll also try...
Keeping older people mobile shouldn't just involve wider roads and bigger signs 29 Feb 2012 | 06:25 am
This is a theme in transportation policy: If people are driving off the road or otherwise having crashes, the obvious solution is to make the road more "forgiving," that is make it easier to drive fas...
What do you mean you don't have guest bike parking? 22 Feb 2012 | 09:51 am
Today I am at the Wisconsin Bike Summit, being held at Inn on the Park in Madison. Since the weather and outlook was a typically late-winter mix of precipitation - a bit of wet snow, and maybe rain an...
Are parking requirements holding up infill development? 25 Jan 2012 | 05:26 am
No, not city zoning requirements. In Madison, there are no (car) parking requirements in the downtown area. If someone wants to build an apartment building or offices with no parking, they are free to...
